Given name
Marcheta
“resembling a pearl”·“the child of light”
Marcheta is a variant of Margaret. Interpretations include “resembling a pearl” and “the child of light”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Marcheta is a variant of Margaret. Interpretations include “resembling a pearl” and “the child of light”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1923. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marcheta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 595
- 0 boys · 595 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 57 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 1984. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 57 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 330 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Marcheta’s family of names
Marcheta has a related form in Margaret.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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If you love Marcheta, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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